The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
SEVILLE.
Water Works and . Good Sewerage system
But the Lack of school House.
Cyyr,spoadenee Of the Pdldfkd Netcs.

Water Works and . Good Sewerage system
But the Lack of q school House-
Correspondence Of the Pdidthd Ners.
SEVILLE, FLA, April ~.
Doomed as it has been and is SO extern
sively, there is much worth booming in
and around this little beauty of city.
or incorporation. The town. the inhab-
itants inform me, is only three years old
only baby you see. in years. but a
great, stout, rugged boy in size, with
grand prospects, much to boast OF and
considerable swell, as might be expected
in smart youngster. They. the cit
liens, have burst their swaddling bands
and have become a town of two months
old, with a mayor (Mr. Jenkins) and sew
eral aldeymen, with all the officiary
thereto belonging" as the legal gentle
men term it. They have beautiful To-
cation on the east side and close To Lake
Louise, with a continuous chain of fine
lakes; water-wOrks costing nearly, If not
quite. $4,000, embracing quite an ex-
tensive sewerage of the town. What
think We of that, oh We Palatkans:
We counted three hotels all open, but
not in full blast. as here. as elsewhere,
many persons are singing and acting out
that beautiful song, when the swallows
homeward fly"
ture, but too low and squatty. This is
the principal hosiery, and the manage
ment is first-class. The other two are
SMALLER in size and partake of the large
boarding house character, but are well
kept. Certainly the one this scribe was
domiciled in, the Grand View, is man
aged by Mr.. III. LINEN, whose motherly
wife and charming young daughter have
all the attributes of natural hotel cater
ers. Mr.. RentZ boasts of the name of
the Pavilion, as the sign by which he has
and will conquer public success. Thu.
makes the third hotel.
In this said Seville, there are some IL
buildings of all descriptions, about $50
inhabitants and a general particular state
of go-aheadativeness. They have two
churches, the Methodist and Baptist, and
much is said about building an Episco-
! pal church, which will take shape and
| form soon. One bank gives the bus
mess community all the necessary facil-
tiles in that line, and a general and dis
pensing drug store supplies the usual
| alleged cure-alls of human ills. The
| place is laid out in its principal streets,
prettily and quite regular; its principal
streets planked and comfortable To walk
on and ladies can shop in its four gen
eral merchandise stores without fatiguine
themselves in walking in the sand. OF
4 stumbling their toes on oak roots or trip
ping their feet ON tangled wiregrass
They have had. however. a great deal oi
feet-tanglIng whisky in the place for til,
poor unfortunate men. but the feet
twists have been taken out of two oi
this kind of establishments, | am told
and only one nOse-painting shop now
does all the business, and more than i,
generally wanted-especially by the la
dies.
There is one great need here, as il
many other Florida towns. a good pub
lie school house. When will our citizen
learn that strangers and newcomer
from the older settled States, feel dis
gusted with the want of enterprise il
school matters. 81 prominently seen il
many, though not all. places in our be
loved Florida.
Your correspondent dropped into TIN
newly finished Methodist church il
Seville, and found ourselves i'm the pres
ence of the Jacksonville District Meth
odist Episcopal Church South Confer
ence, presided over by the Presiding FL
der, Rev. III. b. Frazel. a good parlia
mentary officer, with Rev. J. b. Ley. O
Palatka, as secretary of the meeting
Florida Christian 4drOcdtc, DIR. DePass
whose voice and pen are every ready I
attack the enemies or defend the friend
of his beloved church.
Your correspondent listened to severa
able sermons and addresses from differ
ent members of the body. Rev. T. L
Moore, of Sanford, delivered an able sci
mon to young men on one of the even
ings of the session. The presiding off
Ger delivered grand discourse on Sur
day evening, which was heard wit
marked attention. Then the Sabbat
school children We're treated, Sunday al
ternoon, to several fine addresses fror
Rev. Drs. DePass and Moore, and Mis-
Lula Tucker, of jacksonville, who is nc
merely fine scholar and teacher, bu
gifted eminently as a public speaker an
christian institution organizer. Rev. Dl
kennerdy, of jacksonville, st. Paul
Methodist Episcopal Church South, CAV
us a superb sermon on the morning {
the Sabbath. Other gentlemen mad
fine efforts, but they cannot be parti,
} ularized. But as you Palatka citizen
are To enjoy similar meeting ne>
year, your people may hear many {
these or other able pulpit orators. I'll
Methodist Episcopal Church South ha
become ar power in this place. The
. have very good. though plain. bull,
, ing. and all paid for. dedicated on I'll
Sunday referred To by their Presidin
Elder, Mr.. Frazee. This important wor
, may be greatly attributed to the labor
of the Rev. James Russell. the circu
preacher. a most interchangeable wOrke
, as also Mr.. III. LINER.
The Seville Independent is a good liz
; newspaper, and has quite an extensiy
patronage, and bids fair to become
| institution IL